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Ben H. Allen new article content ... Ben H Allen’s goal is simple: to work on music projects that he would want to listen to. Armed with the ability and the flexibility to work as a mixer or a producer, Ben has made a name for himself.

Ben came up in the ranks of the Bad Boy camp, engineering records with Puff Daddy, Mase and Lil’ Kim. After a brief stint working for pop producer Mike Mangini (David Byrne, Joss Stone), Ben moved back to Georgia, opened Maze Studios and began mixing underground rap records for artists such as Gangsta Boo, Rasheeda and Bonecrusher, quickly becoming a ‘go-to mixer’ in the burgeoning Atlanta hip hop scene. In 2001, Ben worked his first sessions with Cee-Lo Green. Their mutual interest in avant garde rock and the more muscular rhythms of Atlanta’s rap sound made for brilliant sessions that evolved into 2004’s Cee Lo Green is the Soul Machine. They continued their working relationship on the Gnarls Barkley project, St. Elsewhere. “Crazy”, the 1st single from St. Elsewhere, was a gigantic US, UK and international hit. Recorded and mixed by Allen, the album went on to win a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album in 2006. Ben made his mark as a producer that same year. Working with Tony Reyes, Ben produced and co-wrote “Here to Stay” for Christina Aguilera’s Back to Basics LP and an international Pepsi campaign. Ben also co-produced Asher Roth’s hit single “I Love College”. In the last year, Ben has produced new projects for Matt and Kim, Deerhunter and “Bright Lights, Bigger City” for Cee Lo’s The Lady Killer album. Allen continues to exercise influence as a world-class mixer. In addition to mixing the projects he produces, Ben has mixed such successful and diverse projects as Animal Collective’s acclaimed Merriweather Post Pavilion, Cut/Copy’s Zonoscope, “XXXO” by M.I A., as well as new music from Trouble Andrew, Rubik, Washed Out and Givers. In addition to Ben’s busy career as a producer and mixer, Allen has started to release music on his label, MakeRecordsNotBombs. Allen’s first signing to his label, Atlanta’s The Constellations, re-released their debut album “Southern Gothic” when signing to Virgin in 2010. Ben has also signed Athens’ Reptar, releasing a single in 2010 and planning an EP for 2011.

Discography

Produced & Mixed 2011	Fanfarlo	forthcoming	Album	Canvasback/Atlantic 2011	Reptar	“Reptar”	EP	MRNB 2011	Deerhunter	“Halcyon Digest”	Album	4AD 2010	Matt & Kim	“Sidewalks”	Album	Fader Label 2010	Lightspeed Champions	“Life is Sweet, Nice To Meet You”	Album	Domino 2010	The Whigs	“In The Dark”	Album	ATO Records 2010	Lenka	“Roll With The Punches” (*)	Track	Columbia 2010	The Constellations	“Southern Gothic” (Also co-wrote)	Album	Virgin/MRNB 2009	Grand ‘ole Party	album	Album	DH Records 2008	Gringo Star	“All Y’All”	Album	Self 2009	Kate Earl	Tracks (Also co-wrote)	Singles	Universal/Republic 2009	Asher Roth	“I Love College” (Also co-wrote)	Single	SRC/Universal 2008	Lindsay Rae Spurlock	“Heart On”	Album	Self 2008	Pussycat Dolls	“Rio”	Track	Ad campaign 2006	Christina Aguilera	“Here To Stay” (Also co-wrote)	Album track	RCA (from Back To Basics)

Produced 2010	Cee-Lo	“Bright Lights, Bigger City”	Single	Elektra/Asylum “The Lady Killer”	Album Tracks

Mixed 2011	Washed Out	“Within and Without”	Album	Mexican Summer 2011	GIVERS	“Up Up Up”	Single	Glassnote “In Light”	Album 2011	Cut/Copy	“Zonoscope”	Album	Modular/Fontanta 2011	Rubik	“Solar”	Album	Full Steam/Paper Tiger 2010	M.I.A.	“XXXO”	Single	Interscope 2010	Animal Collective	“Fall Be Kind”	EP	Domino 2010	Trouble Andrew	album	Album	Virgin 2010	Reni Lane	“Ready”	Album Tracks	Motown 2009	Animal Collective	“Merriweather Post Pavilion”	Album	Domino 2009	Asher Roth	“Asleep In The Bread Aisle”	Album Tracks	SRC/Universal 2008	Gym Class Heroes	“The Quilt”	Album Tracks	Fuled By Ramen 2008	Solange Knowles	“Sol-Angel & The Hadley St. Dreams”	Tracks	Geffen 2007	Athlete	“Beyond The Neighborhood”	Album	Parlophone 2007	Kirsten Price	“Guts & Garbage”	Album	Columbia/Twist 2007	The Pipettes	“Pull Shapes”	Single	Interscope/Cherry Tree 2007	David Ford	“Decimate”	Single	Independiente 2007	Jamie Scott	“Standing In The Rain”	Single	Polydor 2007	The Thrills	“Nothing Changes”	Single	Virgin UK 2007	Cee-Lo Green	“Ophidiophobia”	Track	New Line Records (from Snakes On A Plane soundtrack) 2006	Gnarls Barkley	“St Elsewhere” (also recorded)	Album	Atlantic 2003	Dangermouse and Jemini	“Ghetto Pop Life”	Forthcoming LP	Lex Records 2005	DangerDoom	“Mince Meat”	Track	Lex Records 2006	White Rose Movement	“Love Is A Number”	Track	Independiente

2006	Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly	“Chronicles Of A Bohemian	Single	Atlantic Teenager Pt. 1” 2006	Silje	“Quite Simply”	Album	Columbia 2004	Mase	“Double Up”(Clean)	Album Track	Bad Boy 2003	Gangsta Boo	“Enquiring Minds, Vol. 2:	Album	Loud 2002	Jaws of Life	“Fresh Breath”	Album	Blue Maze 2002	Trancesarc	“Color TV Influential”	Album	Blue Maze 1999	Boyzone	“By Request”	Album Track	Polydor Engineered 2010	Animal Collective	“Fall Be Kind”	EP	Domino 2009	Animal Collective	“Merriweather Post Pavilion”	Album	Domino 2005	Notorious B.I.G	“Born Again”	Album Track	Bad Boy 2005	Puff Daddy	“Forever”	Album Track	Bad Boy 1999	Lil’ Cease	“Wonderful World of 	Album Track	Undeas Recording Cease A Leo” 2005	Carl Thomas	“Emotional”	Album Track	Bad Boy 2004	Various Artists	“Bad Boy 10th Anniversary: The Hits”	Album	Bad Boy Digital Editing/Engineered/Programming/Mixing 2004	Cee-Lo Green	“Cee-Lo Green…Is the 	Album	Arista Records 	  Soul Machine”